Jessie J Tour

Heartbeat Tour - March 7th 2012

Supports: Amy Meredith, Ruby Rose and Professor Green

Jessie J has always been a favourite of mine. I was aware that she was forced to cancel two previous shows in Perth due to being sick and losing her voice. The lead up to the concert I was so worried she was going to cancel in Melbourne. The show went ahead, however not without problems. Although strong vocals, it was feared that prior to her encore she would not be coming back on due to her voice once again almost failing on her. She did come back, and her encore was one of the best encores I have seen - 'Price Tag' and 'Domino'.

With issues finding someone to go with less than a week before the concert - I refused to go alone. This did not make it easy for me. However asking a large number of people, I finally found someone to go with. Life saver.

Vocals: Although Jessie J had prevous lost her voice in the days before the concert, she was able to come out and perform the entire concert as if she had no vocal issues. She had strong vocals. However, towards the end of the main part of the concert (before encore) her voice was getting weaker, with fears she would not be back to perform her encore and her two biggest songs. With an extra long break between the end of the main set and the encore, it would not have mattered if she had a voice or not; the crowd singing made up for the lack of vocals she had.

Costumes: Jessie J wore leotards with a long wrap around. She changed the wrap around throughout the concert and kept the same red leotard on. During her performance of 'Do It Like A Dude' she wore a denim vest, and an oversized snapback hat. This is her impression of a 'dude'. Her costumes were basic but it worked for her.

Stage: The stage had stairs up the centre of it and a raised platform at the back. This was not used much throughout the performance as she tend to stay fairly near to the front of the stage - closer to her fans. This is a good thing it was not used much as their were cables which affected our view of her on the raised platform. The stairs were used for her to sit on when she performaned a ballard.

Dancing: Jessie J is not much of a dancer. She did move around and use the stage to its full potential however did not dance. This was not an issue as there was a lot of crowd interaction and you did not really seem to notice the lack of dancing during the performance.

Set List: The set list was all Jessie J originals. She performed her entire album 'Who You Are', as well as her latest single 'Domino'. Although on stage for just over an hour, there was no need for any covers to be done. Performing an entire album is becoming less common, so it was great to hear all of her songs live - not just her released singles.

Crowd Interaction: Jessie J interacted with the crowd a lot. She was constantly talking to them between songs and also had a girl brought up on stage to join her for 'Price Tag'. With sound issues throughout, and ear piece feedback issues, Jessie J was able to just chat with the audience as if she were chatting to a friend about her day - entertaining!

Support Acts: Amy Meredith, I have seen them live before, I know they have a great sound but they are such weird guys. We only saw their last songs as we were late getting to the venue. From what we saw they were really good and got the crowd amped up for Jessie J to come on. Professor Green, he was not at all what I expected to see. He was a hip hop rapper thing. I don't even know how to describe the style of music he performed. His vocals lacked, with only one good song 'Read All About It' - mostly because it was a duet and you could understand the girl. Ruby Rose was there to keep the crowd attention between sets, she did a DJ set. As much as I love the girl, I'm positive she puts a CD in her decks and lets it play.

Overall I would rate this concert four and a half stars out of five - I would definitely see her again.

Peace

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